Cybersecurity is set to be introduced as a subject in Indian universities and technical colleges, following recommendations made by the government task force.

According to Times of India's report Thursday, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to all the vice chancellors in these institutions requesting them to introduce the subject of cybersecurity in the curriculum at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

The UGC reviewed India's national security system and presented its report on May 31, 2012. Among its various recommendations, the task force suggested the inclusion of cybersecurity as a tertiary subject locally.

India's prime minister Manmohan Singh had set up the task force in 2011, appointing former cabinet secretary Naresh Chandra to head the unit and including retired civil servants, armed forces officers and national security experts in the group. Its mandate was to review existing processes, procedures and practices in India's security system to suggest ways to strengthen it, the report noted.